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Plan of Action for Implementing the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children
United Nations Children's Fund, 1999DocumentRecommendations for Updating Selected Practices in Contraceptive Use
Reproductive Health Online, 1999This document on procedural steps for administration of selected hormonal methods and intrauterine devices (IUDs) is intended to provide guidance for persons and organizations who are developing, updating or revising family planning procedural and service guidelines. The document should not be viewed as constituting actual service delivery guidelines.DocumentPopulation and Development: Implications for the World Bank
Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1994Report examines the changes in population dynamics and in the policy environment that have produced this consensus and explores their policy and operational implications for the World Bank's population work. The report has five core messages: Slowing population growth is still a high priority in the poorest countries.DocumentMeeting the needs of young adults [for contraception and reproductive health advice]
Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 1999DocumentHelping the news media cover family planning
Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 1999The spread of television and radio, the rise of an independent press, and increasing literacy rates in many countries offer new opportunities for family planning and other health-care organizations to inform the public and reach opinion leaders . Making the most of these opportunities requires skill in helping the news media cover family planning.DocumentAn Overview of Selected Curable Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999This document contains WHO estimates of the prevalence and incidence of some of the curable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), based on information published in the world scientific literature and in WHO archives.DocumentA New Role for Men: Partners for Women's Empowerment
United Nations Population Fund, 1999This booklet calls for men to assume their responsibilities as fathers and play a decisive role as supportive parents and husbands. Broader men's involvement in fatherhood is a key to empowering women and to improving the bond between fathers and children. [UNFPA]DocumentThe State of World Population 1997: the Right to Choose: Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health
United Nations Population Fund, 1999Gaps and failures in reproductive health care, combined with widespread discrimination and violence against women, amount to a massive violation of human rights. Denial of sexual and reproductive rights–including free choice with regard to pregnancy and childbearing–causes millions of deaths every year, and much more illness and disability.DocumentThe Control of Epidemic Dysentery in Africa: Overview, recommendations, and Checklists
Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 1999Provides an overview of cholera and dysentery, followed by a brief history of dysentery epidemics in Africa, the current epidemiology, and a few of the lessons learned in other parts of the world, concluding with recommendations.Pages